"It is challenging for most conventional porous adsorbent materials to efficiently adsorb viscous oils," said ... even for ...

The aerogel exhibits high compressive strength, hydrophobicity, and photothermal conversion, enabling rapid absorption of viscous crude oil. The increasing frequency of oil spills and industrial ...

High water content is a major challenge ... This breakthrough opens up new opportunities for extracting highly viscous crude oil, he added.

As defined by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), heavy oil is a type of crude oil characterized by an asphaltic, dense, viscous nature (similar to molasses), and its asphaltene (very large ...

Crude oil is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons, ranging from extremely volatile substances as light as gas to viscous and gummy particulate solids. Different fuel types are not “made ...

Libya’s ambitious plans to boost oil production to nearly two million barrels per day (bpd) could be attained given the high quality of its crude and proximity to key consumers, the head of the Arab ...